%%* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic
%%* CultClassic
%%* EpicRiff:
%%** ''Eve of the War''
%%** And the spine-tingling]] riff from ''Horsell Common'' immediately after the above track.
%%** ''Wee-oo, wee-oo, wee-oo...''
* FirstInstallmentWins: It is rather more popular than ''[[Music/JeffWayne Spartacus]]'', Jeff Wayne's second RockOpera.
* FridgeLogic: The second part of the epilogue is pretty spooky until it dawns on you that it doesn't make much sense. Why would NASA send a mission to Mars despite ''knowing'' that the Martians are a threat to human civilization? Are we to assume NASA think the apocalypse that befell England in the 1890s simply didn't happen? Surely humanity would be wary of space and would have possibly armed itself against another Martian invasion by then!
** The Martians launched an unprovoked attack and then the planet went silent for decades. Of course they want to know what they're up to!
* MemeticMutation:
** Would it be safe to say that "UUUUUUUUULLLLLLAAAAAAAAAA" has reached memetic status?
** The opening riff of "The Eve of the War" is ''very'' well known.
** "The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one... BUT STILL THEY COOOOOOMME!!!"
* {{Narm}}: In the stage show, as shown in the 2006 live DVD. Most of the background film being synchronised with the music works really well, but the "dancing heatray" during ''Horsell Common'' looks a bit silly.
** This is taken up to eleven in the ''New Generation'' stage show where not only is the heat ray seen "dancing" multiple times, but there are also two occasions where it thrashes around like something out of a comedic VideoGame/GarrysMod machinima. Luckily, they appear to have toned it back down a bit when they updated the film (again) for the Final Arena Tour.
** During an emotional moment in the "Thunderchild" song ("flashing heat-rays pierced the deck"), the word "pierced" can unfortunately be misheard as "pissed".
** If you don't find the cry of ''Ulla'' scary, it's going to sound awfully silly.
** The music is awesome, but ''very'' [=1970s=], which makes it sound like the Martians are menacing late 1800s Britain with disco.
* TearJerker: The brave, outnumbered, outgunned, glorious charge of the HMS ''Thunder Child'' [[YouShallNotPass desperately fighting off three tripods to save some escaping civilian ships.]]
** "Forever Autumn":
---> ''Like the sun through the trees you came to love me,/ Like a leaf on the breeze you blew away...''
** Parson Nathaniel being too far gone to understand [[spoiler:[[DroppedABridgeOnHer his wife's death]]]].
---> [[spoiler:Beth! She's ''dead!'' Buried under the rubble! ]] Why?! Satan, why did you take one of your own?
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans react this way to the ''New Generation'' re-release. And also to the MovieBonusSong "Life Begins Again" which was added to the Final Arena Tour.
* TheWoobie: Parson Nathaniel in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJDY0PPbaQc cut song of the same name]], in which he despairs over the loss of his church to the Martian invasion and wonders what sins he and his fallen followers have committed to deserve this punishment.
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